Design Feature
Tactile Feature

Design Feature
Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen's portrait is based on photographs commissioned by the Reserve Bank in 1984.

Security Feature
Federation Star

Look for a Federation Star in a small clear window.

Security Feature
Fluorescent ink

Look for an Eastern Spinebill that fluoresces under UV light.

Design Feature
New Parliament House

This depiction of the New Parliament House is the designer's interpretation of various photographs. The
New Parliament House was opened in 1988 by Queen Elizabeth II.

Design Feature
Forecourt Mosaic

The artwork is the designer's interpretation of various architectural photographs of the Forecourt Mosaic.
The Forecourt Mosaic is based on a Central Desert dot-style painting by Michael Nelson Jagamara titled
‘Possum and Wallaby Dreaming’.

Security Feature
Background print (offset)

Clearly defined multi-coloured and multi-directional fine-line patterns appear on each side of the
banknote.

Security Feature
3D Federation Star

Tilt the banknote to see a three-dimensional Federation Star with a colourful border.

Security Feature
Colourful Eastern Spinebill

Tilt the banknote to see colours change within the Eastern Spinebill.

Design Feature
Federation Pavilion

Federation Pavilion was the site of the official ceremony that marked the proclamation of the
Commonwealth of Australia. The image is the designer's interpretation of various architectural
photographs.

Security Feature
Rolling colour effect

Tilt the banknote to see a rolling colour effect, which is visible on both sides of the banknote.

Design Feature
Floor plan

This visual element is based on the aerial view of Parliament House building, including the House of
Representatives, Senate and sporting facilities.

Security Feature
Intaglio print

Feel the distinctive texture of the raised, dark printing.

Security Feature
Microprint

Look for tiny, clearly defined text in multiple locations on the banknote.

Security Feature
Fluorescent ink

Look for a serial number and year of print that fluoresce under UV light.

New $10 Banknote

In circulation 20 September 2017

Date of First Issue

20 September 2017

Size

65mm by 137mm

Concept Designer

emerystudio

Security Feature
Rolling colour effect

Tilt the banknote to see a rolling colour effect, which is visible on both sides of the banknote.

Security Feature
Top to bottom window

Look for multiple security features in the clear top-to-bottom window.

Design Feature
Pen Nib

The image of the nib of a pen is representative of Gilmore and Paterson's works as writers.

Security Feature
Flying Cockatoo

Tilt the banknote to see the Cockatoo move its wings and change colour.

Design Feature
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo

The banknote designer's interpretation of the bird species Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
(Cacatua galerita).

Security Feature
Reversing 10

Tilt the banknote to see the number ‘10’ change direction within the homestead.

Design Feature
Bramble Wattle

The banknote designer's interpretation of the Bramble Wattle (Acacia victoriae).

Design Feature
Tactile Feature

Feel for two raised bumps on each of the long edges of the banknote.

Design Feature
Portrait of AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson

This portrait of AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson is based on a photograph taken
when he returned from the Boer War in 1900.

Design Feature
Horseman

This image is the designer's interpretation of a horseman from the era of Paterson's writing.

Security Feature
Microprint

Look for tiny, clearly defined text in multiple locations on the banknote.
This includes excerpts from The Man from Snowy River.
‘TEN DOLLARS’ is also microprinted in the coloured background.

Security Feature
Fluorescent ink

Look for a Cockatoo and wattle branch that fluoresce under UV light.

Security Feature
Pen Nib

Look for a pen nib in a small clear window.

Design Feature
Hut

This image references life in the Australian bushland as described in Gilmore's poetry.
The image is based on a photograph from the 1800s.

Security Feature
Background print (offset)

Clearly defined multicoloured fine-line patterns appear on each side of the banknote.

Design Feature
Portrait of Dame Mary Gilmore

This portrait of Dame Mary Gilmore is based on a photograph of the poet taken when she was in her early twenties.
National Library of Australia, Manuscripts Collection ‘MS 1662/5/5/71’.

Security Feature
3D Pen Nib

Tilt the banknote to see a three-dimensional pen nib with a colourful border.

Security Feature
Colourful Cockatoo

Tilt the banknote to see colours change within the Cockatoo's crest.

Design Feature
Homestead

This building is representative of the type of homestead referenced in Gilmore and Paterson's works.

Security Feature
Rolling colour effect

Tilt the banknote to see a rolling colour effect, which is visible on both sides of the banknote.

Design Feature
Portrait of Gilmore at her desk

This image is based on a 1952 photograph sourced from the Herald and Weekly Times Limited portrait
collection, Pictures Collection, State Library of Victoria.

Security Feature
Intaglio print

Feel the distinctive texture of the raised, dark printing.

Security Feature
Microprint

Look for tiny, clearly defined text in multiple locations on the banknote.
This includes excerpts from the No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest.
‘TEN DOLLARS’
is also microprinted in the coloured background.

Security Feature
Fluorescent ink

Look for a serial number and year of print that fluoresce under UV light.

New $100 Banknote

$5 Banknote

Design Feature
Eucalyptus leaves

The banknote designer's rendition of eucalyptus leaves was inspired by the species Scribbly Gum.

Design Feature
Portrait of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II

The Queen's portrait is based on photographs commissioned by the Reserve Bank in 1984. The Queen gave her
approval for use of this image on an Australian banknote in 1988.

Security Feature
Microprinting

Microprint is very small but well-defined text that usually requires a magnifying glass to read. On the $5
banknote the microprint says ‘FIVE DOLLARS’ and is
located on the upper left, above the image of gum leaves.

Security Feature
Shadow image

When the banknote is held up to the light, a shadow image of the Australian Coat of Arms can be seen
faintly, under other printing.

Security Feature
Clear window – vignette of gum flower

On all genuine banknotes the window should be very clear and look like it's an integral part of the
banknote, not an addition. Inside the clear window on the $5 banknote there is a printed image of a stylised
gum flower.

Security Feature
See-through registration device

When the banknote is held up to the light, a seven-pointed star within a circle is formed by four points on
one side of the banknote combining perfectly with three points on the other side.

Security Feature
Background print (offset)

Multi-coloured and multi-directional patterns of fine lines appear on each side of the banknote.

Design Feature
Landscape plan for New Parliament House

This visual element is based on the Design Development Landscape Plan for the New Parliament House.

Design Feature
Parliament House

These depictions of Australia's Old and New Parliament Houses are the designer's interpretation of
architectural drawings and photographs.
The Old Parliament House was opened in 1927 and the New Parliament House was opened in 1988.

Design Feature
Geometric patterns

The patterns here reflect architectural items of the entrance to the ministerial wing of the New
Parliament House and the skylights for the Members' Hall and the Main Committee Room.

Security Feature
Fluorescent ink properties

Under ultraviolet light, the serial number on the back of the $5 banknote glows and a square patch becomes
visible.

Security Feature
Intaglio print

Intaglio is raised dark printing with a distinct feel. It's used for the portraits on banknotes and some
other design elements.

$10 Banknote

Date of First Issue

1 November 1993

Size

65mm by 137mm

Designer

Max Robinson

Design Feature
Horseman

This image is the banknote designer's interpretation of an authentic horseman from the times of The
Man From Snowy River.

Design Feature
Portrait of AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson

This portrait of AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson is based on a photograph taken at the time of his return
from the Boer War in 1900.

Design Feature
Running horses (brumbies)

Inspired by the poem The Man From Snowy River, these images of horses are based on pictures
that appeared in The Australian Newspaper in 1870 and The Illustrated Sydney News
in 1875.

Design Feature
Waltzing Matilda logo

This design element is taken from the 1903 publication of Marie Cowan's arrangement of Waltzing
Matilda, which was used at the time to promote Billy Tea.

Security Feature
Microprinting

On the $10 banknote, microprinted lines from AB ‘Banjo’ Paterson's poem The Man From Snowy
River are located near his portrait. On the other side, excerpts from the poem
No Foe Shall Gather Our Harvest
are microprinted near the image of Dame Mary Gilmore.

Security Feature
Clear window – vignette of a windmill

On all genuine banknotes the window should be very clear and look like it's an integral part of the
banknote, not an addition. Inside the clear window on the $10 banknote there is a printed image of a
stylised windmill and an embossed wave pattern.

Security Feature
Shadow Image

When the banknote is held up to the light, an image of the Australian Coat of Arms can be seen faintly,
under other printing.

Security Feature
See-through registration device

When the banknote is held up to the light, a seven-pointed star within a circle is formed by four points on
one side of the banknote combining perfectly with three points on the other side.

Design Feature
Woman of the outback and outback scene

This imagery of a country woman and the surrounding landscape was inspired by the themes of many of Mary
Gilmore's writings.

Design Feature
Bullock team carrying wool

The image of a bullock team is based on an engraving entitled ‘The Wool Season’ that appeared in
The Illustrated Australian News
in 1881.

Design Feature
Dobell portrait of Dame Mary Gilmore

The source for this design element is a portrait of Dame Mary Gilmore by the painter Sir William Dobell. It
was
painted in 1957 and hangs in
the Art Gallery of NSW.

Design Feature
Portrait of Dame Mary Gilmore

This portrait of Dame Mary Gilmore is based on a photograph of the poet taken when she was in her early
twenties.

Design Feature
Building

This building in Sydney's George Street was once owned by Mary Reibey and comprised shops and dwellings. The
image is based on an illustration
in a book entitled Sydney in 1848.

Security Feature
Microprinting

Microprint is very small but well-defined text that usually requires a magnifying glass to read. The
words ‘TWENTY DOLLARS’
are microprinted on the $20 banknote.

Security Feature
Shadow Image

When the banknote is held up to the light, an image of the Australian Coat of Arms can be seen faintly, under
other printing.

Security Feature
Clear window – vignette of a compass

On all genuine banknotes the window should be very clear and look like it's an integral part of the banknote,
not an addition. Inside
the clear window on the $20 banknote is an image of a compass, along with embossing of the number
‘20’.

Security Feature
See-through registration device

When the banknote is held up to the light, a seven-pointed star within a circle is formed by four points on one
side of the banknote combining
perfectly with three points on the other side.

Design Feature
Air ambulance Victory

The air ambulance Victory flew the first Flying Doctor mission from Cloncurry, Queensland, on 17
May 1928 after Qantas entered into
a unique venture with Reverend John Flynn of the Australian Inland Mission Service.

Design Feature
Pedal generator

This is an interpretation of one of the first pedal-powered generators to operate the transceiver wireless sets,
the sole method of communication
on outback stations.

Design Feature
Portrait of Reverend John Flynn

This portrait of Reverend John Flynn, founder of the Royal Flying Doctor Service, is based on an original
photograph held by the National Library
of Australia.

Design Feature
Camel and rider (Flynn boundary rider)

This image is based on a photograph taken of Reverend Col Harland in 1919 and provided by the National Library
of Australia. Reverend John
Flynn purchased five camels in 1913 for his ‘Patrol Padres’, who undertook mission work throughout
central Australia.

Security Feature
Background print (offset)

Multi-coloured and multi-directional patterns of fine lines appear on each side of the banknote.

Security Feature
Fluorescent ink properties

Under ultraviolet light, the serial numbers on the back of the $20 banknote glow and a patch showing the value
of the banknote becomes
visible.

Security Feature
Intaglio print

Intaglio is raised dark printing with a distinct feel. It's used for the portraits on banknotes and some other
design elements.

$50 Banknote

Date of First Issue

4 October 1995

Size

65mm by 151mm

Designer

Brian Sadgrove

Design Feature
Mission church at Point McLeay

This image depicts the mission church at Point McLeay as it was in the late 19th century. Point McLeay (the
Aboriginal name is Raukkan) is the community where David Unaipon's people live.

Design Feature
Portrait of David Unaipon

This portrait of David Unaipon, an inventor and Australia's first published Aboriginal author, is based on an
original photograph taken in 1938.

Design Feature
Diagrams of Unaipon's patent application

This element is based on drawings from David Unaipon's 1909 patent application for an improved mechanical
handpiece for sheep shearing.

Design Feature
Manuscript

This is an extract from David Unaipon's handwritten preface to his story Legendary Tales of the Australian
Aborigines.
It's based on copies of the original manuscript provided by the State Library of New South Wales.

Security Feature
Microprinting

Microprint is very small but well-defined text that usually requires a magnifying glass to read. On the $50
banknote, the words ‘FIFTY
DOLLARS’ are microprinted.

Security Feature
See-through registration device

When the banknote is held up to the light, a seven-pointed star within a circle is formed by four points on one
side of the banknote combining
perfectly with three points on the other side.

Security Feature
Clear window – vignette of the Southern Cross

On all genuine banknotes the window should be very clear and look like it's an integral part of the banknote,
not an addition. Inside
the clear window on the $50 banknote is a printed image of the Southern Cross, along with embossing
of the number ‘50’.

Security Feature
Shadow Image

When the banknote is held up to the light, an image of the Australian Coat of Arms can be seen faintly, under
other printing.

Design Feature
WA Parliament House

This drawing shows the original front of the West Australian Parliament House, as it was in the 1920s when Edith
Cowan was an MP.

Design Feature
Portrait of Edith Cowan

This portrait of Edith Cowan, who is best remembered as the first female member of an Australian parliament, was
based on a 1929 photograph from
the biographical register of West Australian Parliament.

Design Feature
Foster mother and state children

This composite illustration represents a foster mother and children who were wards of the state circa 1920.

Design Feature
Cowan at lectern

This image of Edith Cowan at a lectern represents her frequent public speaking on matters such as women's rights
and children's welfare issues.

Security Feature
Background print (offset)

Multi-coloured and multi-directional patterns of fine lines appear on each side of the banknote.

Security Feature
Fluorescent ink properties

Under ultraviolet light, the serial numbers on the back of the $50 banknote glow and a patch showing the value
of the banknote becomes visible.

Security Feature
Intaglio print

Intaglio is raised dark printing with a distinct feel. It's used for the portraits on banknotes and some other
design elements.

$100 Banknote

Date of First Issue

15 May 1996

Size

65mm by 158mm

Designer

Bruce Stewart

Design Feature
Her Majesty's Theatre

This image is based on a 1903 photograph of the interior of Her Majesty's Theatre in Sydney. A performance at
this theatre in September
1911 was a highlight of Dame Nellie Melba's career.

Design Feature
‘Melba’ signature

This design element is based on Dame Nellie Melba's signature, which appeared on the program used for her
farewell performance at the
Royal Albert Hall, London in June 1926.

Design Feature
Melba Australian Concert Tour program (1902)

The 1902 Australian Concert Tour is of special significance as it was Dame Nellie Melba's first return to
Australia from her successful
overseas performances. The monogram on the program was designed by Dame Nellie Melba.

Design Feature
Portrait of Dame Nellie Melba

Dame Nellie Melba achieved international recognition as a soprano and enjoyed star status within Australia. This
portrait is based on a photograph that appeared in a 1909 biography by Agnes G. Murphy.

Security Feature
Microprinting

Microprint is very small but well-defined text that usually requires a magnifying glass to read. On the $100
banknote the words ‘ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS’ and the number ‘100’ are microprinted.

Security Feature
See-through registration device

When the banknote is held up to the light, a seven-pointed star within a circle is formed by four points on one
side of the banknote combining
perfectly with three points on the other side.

Security Feature
Clear window – vignette of a lyrebird

On all genuine banknotes the window should be very clear and look like it's an integral part of the banknote,
not an addition. Inside
the clear window on the $100 banknote is an image of a lyrebird, along with embossing of the number
‘100’.

Security Feature
Shadow Image

When the banknote is held up to the light, an image of the Australian Coat of Arms can be seen faintly, under
other printing.

Design Feature
Rising Sun badge

This Rising Sun badge was adopted as the Australian Imperial Force badge and worn in World War I. Permission to
use the badge on the $100 banknote
was provided by the Australian Army.

Design Feature
Cavalry

This is the designer's interpretation of mounted soldiers in World War I.

Design Feature
Portrait of Sir John Monash

This portrait is based on a photograph of Sir John Monash taken in 1912. Monash was one of Australia's greatest
military commanders.

Design Feature
Gunners and 18-pounder field gun

Based primarily on a photograph taken in 1917 entitled Artillery in Noreuil Valley, this image
shows batteries of the 2nd Australian
Division attacking the Hindenburg Line.

Security Feature
Background print (offset)

Multi-coloured and multi-directional patterns of fine lines appear on each side of the banknote.

Security Feature
Fluorescent ink properties

Under ultraviolet light, the serial numbers on the back of the $100 banknote glow and a patch showing the value
of the banknote becomes
visible.

Security Feature
Intaglio print

Intaglio is raised dark printing with a distinct feel. It's used for the portraits on banknotes and some other
design elements.

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